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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb with annual prostrate or sprawling stems up to 20 cm long, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves ovate to almost round, 5-15 mm long, sometimes slightly cordate at the base, hairy, particularly on the margin and midrib. Flowers in few-flowered terminal racemes, purple or pink, sometimes streaked with yellow. Capsule c. 4.5 × 4 mm, almost round, slightly winged. |
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Derivation of specific name: | ohlendorfiana: uncertain but probably for Johann Heinrich Ohlendorff (1788-1857), German curator of the Hamburg Botanical Garden. |
Habitat: | In montane grassland. |
Altitude range: | 1700 - 2400 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape. |
Mozambique distribution: | MS |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Tuesday 1 June 2010 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 227. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 45. Exell, A.W. (1960). Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 317. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 67. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 154. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 97. |
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